Sarh weather in December

In December, Sarh sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Sarh's 1st-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sarh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
6th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
5:59 AM – 5:27 PM
Cloud cover
32%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Sarh is city in Chad.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month.

A typical December day in Sarh reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Sarh

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Sarh weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 19°0011.53.2
Feb38° / 21°0011.71.6
Mar39° / 25°31.211.90.6
Apr38° / 27°276.412.20.9
May35° / 26°7512.512.42.1
Jun33° / 24°10115.812.53.1
Jul30° / 23°20525.512.53.1
Aug29° / 22°24926.412.33.2
Sep30° / 23°17423.512.13.2
Oct32° / 23°7314.511.83.4
Nov35° / 21°51.111.63.2
Dec35° / 18°0011.53.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27921
38020
48020
58119
68119
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88218
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Sarh gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 90% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1692173
2712063
3721963
4751852
5771652
6781552
7801442
8821242
9841141
10861031
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Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 5:21 PM to 5:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.55:515:21
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411.55:535:22
511.55:535:23
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 6.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.72 kWh/m² to a high of 6.78 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 6.04 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Sarh

In seasonPeak

None of Sarh's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Sarh's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Sarh sees seasonal dust haze (March–April), heaviest in March.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Sarh?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sarh. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Sarh in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Sarh sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sarh in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sarh peaks around March 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 21UV 13Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Sarh in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Sarh is worst in December — around 68 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.2× the cleanest month (July, 13 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorModerateUnhealthyDec 1466 µg/m³Jul 2013 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan37Poor
Feb31Moderate
Mar42Poor
Apr25Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov52Poor
Dec68Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Sarh?

Sarh sits at 9.1°N, 18.4°E, 370 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Kyabé, 70 km away.

MoïssalaBédiondoKaboDobaBatangafo

Topography around Sarh

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Sarh.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sarh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 363 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 345 m.

The land around Sarh is covered by artificial surfaces (33%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, shrubs (38%), grassland (28%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (53%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
25 m
80 km
345 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Kyabé 70 km · Maro 74 km · Koumra 95 km · Moïssala 112 km · Bédiondo 143 km · Kabo 163 km · Doba 176 km · Batangafo 205 km

Chad travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / D / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 35% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,022
2025
Happiness
4.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
6%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
32.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 52%Protestant 24%Roman Catholic 20%none 3%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Sarh (9.1456°, 18.3833°, elevation 370 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).